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“The Mall” might be one of their worst songs to date, but yeah, this is easily my favorite Gangstarr albums. Basically laid the foundation for what underground albums sounded like after it dropped. Classic.

By: OED aka One.Eye.Deer. aka BIG DOE IN REHAB

05.02.2008 @ 1:19 PM

Hard To Earn was/IS the sheeeeit!

but ain’t mad at a gawdamn thing…. any Gangstarr reference is pretty much a damn good reference….

By: chronwell

05.02.2008 @ 1:23 PM

Yo what the deal cuzin? gave him a lb.now we huggin ,in the mall, buggin, buzzin spent a couple hundred shorty’s must be lovin Shiz big like a tahoe(?) they watch like Movado so I floss like a model!!

By: g@grandgood.com

05.02.2008 @ 1:23 PM

great album. i still use that line, she just poked it out. i also still use martin lawrence’s line, nasatall

By: wordsmith

05.02.2008 @ 1:24 PM

Above the clouds….fuck. Done and done.

By: petey

05.02.2008 @ 1:32 PM

I forgot about that mall track…straight ass.
betrayal is a beautiful hip hop record.

By: DiZASTiX

05.02.2008 @ 1:36 PM

I think Above the Clouds and You Know My Steez get put on all of my playlists lol

By: ddmack.

05.02.2008 @ 1:44 PM

best gangstar cd. top ten hip hop cds.

any takers?

By: ddmack.

05.02.2008 @ 1:45 PM

*gangstarr

By: TC

05.02.2008 @ 1:55 PM

“The Mall”…ass?

“She wanted me to knock her in the back of Foot Locker/I chilled while she kicked more game than soccer…”

“Tell-me-what-ya-smokinnnn…”

By: sphor2

05.02.2008 @ 2:19 PM

up in the sky?

that beat is so damn hypnotic

By: tres

05.02.2008 @ 2:38 PM

Daily Operation > Hard To Earn
Daily Operation > Moment Of Truth

And so on and so forth..

By: TC

05.02.2008 @ 2:40 PM

@ Tres

Never. (to both).

By: nofrillz

05.02.2008 @ 2:49 PM

@ tres… im not so sure bruv

i like the mall beat though. betrayal above the clouds & friends v b.i. are the ones for me though

By: Chuck_You

05.02.2008 @ 2:52 PM

AAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!! I thought it was only me. GO SHOPPIN. That was on my way to Canal to tear shit up anthem.

By: Elijah

05.02.2008 @ 3:00 PM

I would, but I’m in the process of moving music onto my new mp3 player, and I’ve been going alphabetically by album title, so the only Gang Starr on there yet is Daily Operation.

On the other hand, before I even saw this post, I was already listening to Daily Operation. Guess it’s just a Gang Starr day.

By: giftedunltd

05.02.2008 @ 3:45 PM

I like Gang Starr a little bit, just a little. I go back and forth between which are my favorites between those two and I can never really decide. What I’m Here 4, Make ‘Em Pay, and My Advice 2 You are nice ones on there too though.

By: Sherm

05.02.2008 @ 4:25 PM

i gotta go with “The Rep Grows Bigga” as my favorite cut off my favorite GS album…possibly the best Premo-scratch-chorus of all time…the only thing that sucks is the minute + long intro (it ain’t bad but i’m sure some people habitually skipped over (one of) the best songs on the album just to avoid it)

Moment of Truth was sick, but it’s hard for me to put any of their matrial over Step in the Arena. The reason being is that I had never heard anything like it before. They were ahead of their time. Moment of Truth is the GS album I listen to the most because it was top notch musically and lyrically but Step in the Arena was the album that really allowed me to realize how incredible these two were. But give me any GS and i’m good….. And “The Mall” was crazy nice IMO

By: giftedunltd

05.02.2008 @ 5:12 PM

Step in the Arena is ridiculous. Check the Technique and Form of Intellect are still in heavy rotation for me.

Moment of Truth: Best GangStarr album ever!!!
This fucking album ran things in high-school; even the chicks were bumping that “Mall” track.
My song is “Moment of Truth” hands down. Guru kicked some very motivational and inspirational rhymes on that one.

“I’ve been through a whole lot of other shit before/so I should be able to withstand some more” Real talk.

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